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YouTube Video Scraper

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from $1.30 / 1,000 videos

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YouTube Video Scraper

YouTube Video Scraper

Extract YouTube video and shorts data. Get title, description, views, likes, comments count, duration, publish date, thumbnails, channel name, subscriber count, and more. No limits or quotas. Download the data in JSON, CSV, and Excel.

Pricing

from $1.30 / 1,000 videos

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Clappi

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Extract YouTube video data from any video or Short. Get title, description, views, likes, comments count, duration, publish date, thumbnails, channel name, subscriber count, and more. No limits or quotas. Download the data in JSON, CSV, and Excel.

Why This Scraper?

  • Lightning Fast - Optimized API calls, no browser overhead
  • No API Key Required - Works without YouTube API credentials
  • Complete Data - Full video metrics including top comment
  • Reliable - Built-in fallbacks for data extraction
  • Simple - Just paste URLs and run

Input

FieldTypeDescription
videoUrlsarrayYouTube video/Shorts URLs

Example Input

{
"videoUrls": [
"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ",
"https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DC_8bBzC1rI"
]
}

Output

Each video includes:

{
"url": "https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DC_8bBzC1rI",
"videoId": "DC_8bBzC1rI",
"status": "available",
"title": "Video title here",
"description": "Video description...",
"views": 150671,
"likes": 2943,
"comments": 83,
"channelName": "Channel Name",
"channelId": "UCxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
"channelUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/@username",
"username": "username",
"thumbnailUrl": "https://i.ytimg.com/...",
"channelThumbnailUrl": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/...",
"subscriberCount": "2.87M subscribers",
"datePosted": "2025-12-11T11:52:49-08:00",
"durationSeconds": 20,
"isLive": false,
"topComment": {
"text": "Great video!",
"username": "commenter123",
"authorName": "Commenter Name",
"authorUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/@commenter123",
"likes": 32,
"dateCreated": "2025-12-11T21:13:16-08:00"
},
"scrapedAt": "2024-01-20T12:00:00.000Z"
}

Supported URLs

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID - Regular videos
  • https://youtu.be/VIDEO_ID - Short links
  • https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VIDEO_ID - Shorts
  • https://www.youtube.com/embed/VIDEO_ID - Embed links

Use Cases

  • Content Analysis - Track video performance metrics
  • Competitor Research - Monitor competitor content engagement
  • Influencer Vetting - Verify engagement rates and content quality
  • Trend Monitoring - Track viral content and trends
  • Portfolio Building - Collect content data for reporting

Cost Estimation

This scraper is optimized for efficiency. Scraping 100 videos typically costs less than $0.10 in platform usage.